The demand was insane. £300 per phone? That's why it's exploded as an issue and neutralising that is by far the most important thing to do. I don't think you'll achieve much arresting the actual peop… (View Post)

I'm optimistic. It's means that the anti-renewables lobby are fighting a battle against the market rather than climate change mitigation; if we know anything from history it's that this battle is ver… (View Post)

Devil's Advocate on this: this news story entirely backs up the police's approach. If they had every constable chasing down every phone nicked in London, they'd never get anywhere given the scale of … (View Post)

Christ, it really has been a poor conference. (View Post)

The number of transactions in Scotland has halved compared with pre-2008. It's an economic disaster and an important symptom and cause of the housing crisis (think the causality runs both ways). The … (View Post)